Dispatch From A Mojave Desert Motel 6
This is the third crazy wind storm I have been in in the last two months! I am in extreme weather hell. First the Santa Ana's and Malibu fires, then Iceland and now this.
This is the third crazy wind storm I have been in in the last two months! I am in extreme weather hell. First the Santa Ana's and Malibu fires, then Iceland and now this.
AP | THOMAS WATKINS | Posted 12.13.2007 | Home
Arrest warrants have been issued for five men accused of causing a Malibu fire that destroyed more than 50 homes and caused over $100 million in losse...
Patt Morrison | Posted 11.27.2007 | Living
When the winds blow off the desert, millions of others across the neighborhoods of Los Angeles are on enforced alert -- the dreaded red flag parking restriction.
AP | Posted 11.24.2007 | Home
A fast-moving wildfire pushed by Santa Ana winds raced through the canyons and mountains of this wealthy enclave for the second time in little more th...
Liane Weintraub | Posted 10.30.2007 | Living
From the safety of our hotel room, it felt as if the whole world was burning.
Doug Levitt | Posted 10.25.2007 | Politics
Natural disasters, like wars, are fantastical traumas, the unimaginable made manifest in a torrent of destruction. But what happens after the initial trauma has past?
Chris McGowan | Posted 10.24.2007 | Politics
The blame for the conflagrations should be placed on chaparral, a growing population, and inadequate suburban planning.
Kristen Reeves | Posted 10.23.2007 | Living
On the television screen, landmarks from my childhood memories were going up in flames.
Media Matters | Anne C. Smith | Posted 10.22.2007 | Politics
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Laurie David | Posted 12.27.2007 | Politics